I recently watched a video of a Target manager standing atop his checkout, delivering a rousing speech to his staff before opening the door to Black Friday shoppers, rallying his troops as if he was preparing them for battle. In 2016, the mayhem that was Black Friday was bigger than ever. Although shoppers spent on average $10 less than they did last year, However, mercifully for the staff who had to brace themselves for the sieges, an increased number of shoppers opted to buy online, rather than in bricks and mortar stores. In 2015, some
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Curt Bloom
Curt Bloom is President of BlueVenn US, the global multi-channel marketing software provider. Curt previously held a major leadership position with smartFOCUS and was instrumental in the global growth of the business. Since then, Curt has been working with several US startups, in the areas of social media, real-time customer engagement and analytics. As President of BlueVenn's US operations, Curt is overseeing the expansion of BlueVenn across the US and heads the team managing BlueVenn's American clients.